Friday, August 01, 2008

Hockey Night is not finished hiring. A new play-by-play voice could be announced in a few weeks, although Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, says a final decision hasn't been made. And sources say Pierre LeBrun will accept a job with Hockey Night and ESPN after resigning from The Canadian Press and Rogers Sportsnet.

As for his new gigs, we don't know a lot at the moment. Hockey Night in Canada made LeBrun a semi-regular on the Hotstove panel last season, and it's likely he'll reprise that role. ESPN, meanwhile, needs a new hockey face to replace Barry Melrose, who'll be coaching the Lightning this season.

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James has covered the NHL and the game of hockey since 2004, beginning with this website and continuing with The Globe and Mail (2008-16) and The Athletic. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a long-time radio analyst with TSN and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. as a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.

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